Seligman shows how Positive Psychology is shifting the profession''s paradigm away from its narrow-minded focus on pathology, victimology, and mental illness to positive emotion and mental health. Happiness can be cultivated by identifying and nurturing traits that we already possess, including kindness, originality, humor, optimism, and generosity.

From the Publisher:Seligman shows how Positive Psychology is shifting the profession's paradigm away from its narrow-minded focus on pathology, victimology, and mental illness to positive emotion and mental health. Happiness can be cultivated by identifying and nurturing traits that we already possess, including kindness, originality, humor, optimism, and generosity.